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Sportswriter Stefan Fatsis discusses the recent spate of bad officiating in the Major League Baseball Playoffs. Are the bad calls the result of better, faster players or worse umpires? Will instant replay become more of a factor in professional sports?

Angels manager Mike Scioscia called baseball's postseason format 'ridiculous' because of the extra off days added a couple of years ago to suit the sport's television partners.

A tabloid headline called Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez 'Broadway Schmoe' after Gang Green's loss to Buffalo. That is troubling. Let's be honest, 3-3 with a rookie quarterback with 16 college starts isn't the worst thing in the world. Playing quarterback in the NFL is one of the most difficult jobs in sports, especially for a rookie who came out after his junior year.

The presence of Cain Velasquez, a rising heavyweight of Mexican descent, on Saturday's UFC 104 card at Staples Center advances promoters' attempts to broaden the sport's appeal south of the border. The presence of Cain Velasquez, a rising heavyweight of Mexican descent, on Saturday's UFC 104 card at Staples Center advances promoters' attempts to broaden the sport's appeal south of the border.

More photos » by Duane Burleson - AP Will Magglio Ordonez be a Cub in 2010? Browse more photos » With a day off before game six of the ALCS -- and this series has the chance to go down in history as one of the better league championship series, having already produced at least three 'instant classics', let's spend today looking toward next year. As most of you probably already know, ACTA Sports publishes, each year, the Bill James Handbook, which in addition to having complete stats for all players active in 2009, publishes projections for the following season based on a projection system that they are continually tweaking to attempt to make it as accurate as possible. The good folks at ACTA sent me an advance copy of the projection pages from the handbook, in which Bill James first runs down the projections they did for 2009; some of them were missed badly (mostly due to injury -- Eric Chavez and Troy Glaus, for example), others (Mark Teixeira, Orlando Hudson and Eva

Seahawks rookie wide receiver Deon Butler and Seattle Times sports columnist Jerry Brewer continue with Part 6 of their weekly diary about what life in the NFL is like for a rookie. Look for it every Friday.

WITH its challenge of skill, strength and endurance, triathlon is becoming one of the fastest growing sports in the UK - ' and now one club is keen to give young enthusiasts a taste of the action.